This tutorial is going to guide you how to get rid of the html code under the message box in twenty ten’s comment template. I did not edit or delete the code from wordpress 3 core files, but only hide it with the css code, because it works fine.

The codes that we will remove.

So here are the steps: 1. Login to your dashboard, go to Appearance/Editor and then look for stylesheet file, which is style.css.

style.css file is the red highlighted.

2. Open up, copy all the codes to a html editor and look for line 1081, this code should be there: #respond .form-allowed-tags { color: #888; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; }

Under the: line-height: 18px; add this code:display:none; so the whole code will look like the following image:

The result code after you added "display:none"

3. Select all the code, paste back in to style.css. Do not forget to click “Update File”.

@Dina, thank you so much for the tutorial. its work actually after more than 5 minutes i remove the code..=) And about the plugin, can you please give me the link? i have used the plugins but it place under my submit button… Sorry for my English..=)

Hi Dina – thank you so much for this help – all done! I really do appreciate it. Your explanation was very simple. I am now following your RSS feeds and I will learn a lot from you I’m sure. Thanks again.

I have hidden the “you may use html blah blah blah” from the website (thanks) and have removed the line 1539 from the wp contents……comments template but still get the “you may use html” when ppl are linking direct pages back to their facebook profiles as i have a fan page. any thoughts whats missing ? i am using the twenty ten theme as well. Thanks for any help! J

Thanks for the effort you took to expand upon this post so thoroughly. Why valid html code is important to your web site’s search engine optimization efforts and consequent high rankings! Such invalid html codes… A single missing bracket in your html code can be the cause your web page cannot be found in search engines… Providentially, there are free services that allow you to check and fix the validity of your html codes

Hello I was wondering if I can do this same type of change for the theme Blue Taste 1.3 by Jabox. I get that same You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a> <abbr> <acronym> <b> <blockquote> <cite> <code> <del> <em> <i> <q> <strike> <strong> in the comment box above Post Comment button. I really wanna get rid of it

That weird page is your feedburner feed account, it is what the most blog want, because by doing this, you will allow people to subscribe per email. If you want to change that weird page to your normal feed page, then do not redirect that icon to your feedburner feed.

The truth is that I’m afraid to do what you say, you’re sure to do all this not unconfigure anything? Sorry! is not wary! But need to know how sure you are, because I do not understand this thing! I have no template Twenty Ten, mine is called “Coraline”, and has the same problem, as well as the template Evolve, among many others, every blog I see, has this error.

Hello all – I’m having the same problem as you are, but I cannot find the line you are referring to (line1081) – I’m using http://www.wordpress.co.za, Theme Suffusion. Please help? This is ‘n client’s website!!!

thank you very much for this. could you possibly explain (as a beginner to wordpress that i am) why the developers of twentyten do not add this line of code. I am asking this question to better understand the whole process; not because i have a sarcastic streak. again thank you for saving me my sanity! robert

Its really annoying, I’m just upset with this shi* The solution for me is to hide the comment box. Using WordPress 3.2.1 + Thematic, 3 different browsers (no cache problem), I’d try all the solutions in this post more the solution from thematic forum. I change style.css in all possible themes in twentyten, twentyeleven, thematic, child theme, etc. Checking everything for hours. It was everything ok months ago, but I accepted a WordPress update and the “form-allowed-tags” is back.

Hi…. I have the CUDAZI theme and I don’t see anything in my style.css, can anybody help me, please? I have added code to remove the “posted on” “by” “posted in” in categories in my style.css, but nothing happens, seems like it’s not actually using the .css, what can I do?

If in wordpress.org, you should be able to access the css style of the theme, which is in the CUDAZI theme folder, and called style.css, or inside your dashboard, and find “Appearance” and then “Editor”.

Brilliant article thanks! Seems to work perfectly well with the latest versions of wordpress as well (3.3) Made the code a lot cleaner as mentioned and seems to have made life easier when trying to implement the comments form into side areas ect. (Had a nightmare with previous use of the normal code)

Thankyou for your post here, it is exactly what I was looking for, I am in the process of setting up my new blog and if your know zilch about php like me, coding tutorials such as yours are extremely useful.

When I have time to write some content about WordPress I will make certain to link to your blog post here. All the best. Tim.

P.S. Have you tried the Comment Luv plug-in? it can really help with your traffic and backlinks.